z5500's or custom?
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Well it depends, cos you can buy some dinky 10" subs like the gemini,, just browse around and ask on av forums in the subwoofer part, Im sure someone will sort you out their.
This is the "10 gemini sub, and as you can see its small,, I think my XLS200 sub is even slightly smaller then the gemini, even tho its more powerful.
This is the "10 gemini sub, and as you can see its small,, I think my XLS200 sub is even slightly smaller then the gemini, even tho its more powerful.
That's about the size I actually want really, something 300 - 350mm should be ok as that's the space i have. The Gemini looks very nice, especially in Gloss black, and I don't really need something overly powerful, something very good and will provide the deep bass that I need.
I posted my 6" eltax sub on avforum, and they said thats a boom box not a sub,, hehe. But yeah they were totally pants even tho I had 2 working together, because couldn't crank up the vol at all with out the things distorting like mad.
There nice and small as you can see but totally pants
There nice and small as you can see but totally pants
Well you wont be disapointed, and if your use to pc speaker subs, then gemini will be a huge, huge inprovement.
Quoted from a member from av forums....The bass will be more detailed, clearer and more powerful. But if setup right it can be gentle power to. A lot of the time when people upgrade their subs to one that is substantially better the first reaction is one where has the bass gone. Soon enough your will realise the bass is still there, just only when its supposed to be, but when it is its so much better.
Quoted from a member from av forums....The bass will be more detailed, clearer and more powerful. But if setup right it can be gentle power to. A lot of the time when people upgrade their subs to one that is substantially better the first reaction is one where has the bass gone. Soon enough your will realise the bass is still there, just only when its supposed to be, but when it is its so much better.
If you watch movies, then any size of speakers will benefit from a decent sub, but for music you wont notice as much as much of a improvement if setup right, if you have large speakers, cos the frequencies are not all that low for most music. But saying that a sub will produces the lower frequencies much better then a midrange large speaker would, even if the speaker clams that it can go quite low, a decent subwoofer will be able to produce those frequencies much better and with ease too.
Thats why I say if a speaker can get down to 50-60hz,, set the subwoofer to take over at 20hz or so higher, cos then the main speakers will be able to produce the start of 80-90hz frequencies with ease and no probs, equalling to a clearer sound.
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Not really, it depends on how well the floorstanding speakers being used handle bass. Although, no matter how many woofers are placed within a floorstanding speaker, a decent sized good quality subwoofer will always provide better bass.
That intrigues me. I considered getting a sub at some point, but I am not a bass fan. I like it so it is enough to complement the sound, not so it shakes the hell out of everything. I wonder if a subwoofer would be effective at low volume. Judging by what was said on AV forums, it seems that is possible to have nice gentle bass without pounding the floor and everything else.
My speakers have a build in sub cone. This moves a lot of air but im not exactly sure how - Its a passive radiator. I found this out when a midrange cone fried and I needed to replace it, the sub isnt connected to anything and can just slot out.
How would you setup your speakers to allow a sub to take over a certain frequency range?
How would you setup your speakers to allow a sub to take over a certain frequency range?
If its pounding the flooer and everything else at mid vol level, then the subs vol is set way too high. At the moment Im listening to music at a high vol level, and even tho I can feel the bass through my body but its not shaking everything else, unless the frequencies get real low, hehe.
A sub is deff a improvement whatever vol level you like to listern at. Why do ppl think that a sub is only any good at high vol level, yeh you can feel it better at high vol, but that doesnt mean al low vol it wont benefit, cos it will.
1. Takes some of the load off the speakers equalling in a clearer sound as I keep saying.
2. will be able to produce the lower frequencies much better then you speakers can, at low or high vol level.
A sub is deff a improvement whatever vol level you like to listern at. Why do ppl think that a sub is only any good at high vol level, yeh you can feel it better at high vol, but that doesnt mean al low vol it wont benefit, cos it will.
1. Takes some of the load off the speakers equalling in a clearer sound as I keep saying.
2. will be able to produce the lower frequencies much better then you speakers can, at low or high vol level.
The crossover on the amp or back of the sub,, but if you use the amps crossover, set the subwoofers crossover to max
How would I plug a sub in to my amp, this is the back of it. Also, doenst look like there is anything relating to crossover
A 2chl amp don't have a sub out connection, so you would have to make sure the subwoofer had a high level input connection, and you would adjust the crossover from the subwoofer.. Here is a pic of the rear of my sub, as you can see I have both "Low" and "high" inputs and Im not using the frequency(crossover) as my soundcard is controlling that, so its bypassing the crossover on my sub all together.
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Your not increasing the bass,, well you can if you want, but then it would be setup wrong, your just increasing the frequency scale.
Anyone watched darts with a subwoofer, It sounds great as the darts hit the board, makes a real thud, that you dont hear with tv speakers, cos tv speakers or midrange speakers cant get anywhere near that frequency so all you hears are taps when the darts go in.